Pile or plush fabric.



B. H. GLEDHILL. PILE OR PLUSH FABRIC. APPLICATION I'ILED NOV. 2, 1905.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN H. GLEDHILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PILE OR PLUSH FABRIC.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. GLED- HILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Pile or Plush Fabrics, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to woven pile or plush fabrics, such as carpetsand the like, used for furnishing, and the object of the invention is tosimplify and economize in the weaving of such fabrics.

Various combinations of colored, uncolored or varicolored pile warpthreads, stufier warpl threads, weft threads and binding warp t readsmay be used in carrying out the invention, but in every instance thepile warp threads pass from the pile face through the fabric and arebound around the weft threads on the back of the fabric, thus forming afiat back surface similar in material and design to the pile face, but,of course, without ile.

Broadly statec the invention consists of a pile or lush fabric, com osedof pile or plush warp t reads, face we t threads and back weft threadsse arated by stuffer warp threads, and bincing warp threads, the pile orplush warp threads assing through from face to back and interfbckingwith the face and back weft threads, all as I will proceed now moreparticularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is aconventional longitudinal section of a fabric, wherein one row of pilewarp tufts engage four picks of weft. Fig. 2 is a similar view, wherem afabric like that of Fig. 1 has two sets of binding warp threads insteadof one.

The pile or plush warp threads are designated 1, the face weft threads2, the back weft threads 3, the stuffer warp threads 4, and the bindingwar threads 5 and 6. The pile or plush warp t reads may be colored,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 2, 1905.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 285,636.

uncolored or varicolored or combination of these.

In the fabric of Fig. 1, the pile or plush war threads passing throughthe face and bac i, are bound around alternate shots or picks of weftthreads on the face and two on the back, with the stuffer warp threadsbetween, and the binding warp threads engaged by every shot or pick. Inthe fabric of Fig. 2, the pile or plush warp threads are arranged as inFig. 1, but two sets of binding warp threads 5 and 6 are used, and theseengage alternate weft threads on face and back.

By my invention the pile or lush warp threads are passed through theooting and I n 4 I the fabric similar 1n material and design to the faceof the fabric, but without pile.

By this invention may be produced a fabric similar in appearance tooriental rugs and carpets, and in which the ile tufts are evenlydistributed and secure y bound in the fabric, and the flat back has thesame design and colors as the pile face.

The pile tufts may be left uncut, or they may be cut.

What I claim is A woven pile or plush fabric, composed of colored,uncolored, or varicolored ile or plush warp threads, face and bac weftthreads, stuffer warp threads interposed between the weft threads, andbinding war threads in one set binding all the we t threads, there beingone row of pile tufts to every four shots or picks of weft threads eually distributed on face and back, the pi e warp threads passing fromthe pile face throu h the fabric and bound around the weft threads onthe back, thereby forming a flat surface similar in material and designto the pile face but without pile.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30 day of OctoberA. D. 1905.

BENJAMIN I-I. GLEDI-IILL.

Witnesses:

F. J. KING, T. W. GILBERT.

